Dallara IR28 Mod v.1.0 by VSM

This is a very early mod from the 2028 IndyCar car released few days after the real life car did his shakedown. This mod has one skin per driver and some first drafts for the physics. Take this mod as a fictitious piece of work for now.

GAMES
Automobilista 1

F1 Challenge 99-02

rFactor 1

CONTENT:
-2028 Dallara IR28 (based of the early tests)
-33 2026-ish Skins
-3 Aerokits based after the original renders released by IndyCar

KNOWN ISSUES :
- If your game shows some strange reflexes like if the wireframe layer of a template is turned on, turn off the game Anti Aliasing and they will go away.

- The RPM lights are getting on too early on the rFactor version.

- The F1 Challenge 99-02 version is standalone, but it doesn’t come with an .exe file — you’ll need to provide one yourself. Also the physics are more simplified.

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CREDITS :
Vitor "Shadow" Souza (VSM) - 2D/3D, and everything else 

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Suspension physics are from CART Factor, credits to Renato Simioni for it. All the other lines are a mix of vanilla AMS1 stuff, VSM 2020 physics plus new stuff created for this mod.

The pace car is based on a free model done by Giuseppe Buscio - it was hosted here but since has been deleted.

The sounds are from "passiveobsessive" hosted here.

Few bits here and there are from the vanilla Automobilista 1 by Reiza Studios.

Unless I missed something, all the other stuff not noted here are from VSM.
 

LAUNCH DATE:
vEarly -  10/08/2026 (D/M/Y)

1.0 - 11/09/2026 (D/M/Y)

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NOTE FOR AMS1 PLAYERS:

Blue flag rules are disabled by default. Reiza "broke" the blue flag logic in one of the latest updates making it impossible to race on ovals with them enabled. If you wish to re-enable them, go to the "Series" folder, open the `VSM_IR28.srs` file with Notepad and modify the following line:

`BlueFlags = 0` — change it to `1` if you want to enable them.

 

Also to ensure the AI ​​uses tires correctly (changing compounds during pit stops) and to prevent crashes, you must open the track's `.gdb` file (for the track you intend to race on) with Notepad and delete the following lines:

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    Series31  
    {
        Quali=2,3,1,4,5
        Race=2,3,1,4,5
    }

**This has the side effect of removing the tire compound restrictions for the F-Ultimate on the track in question.

WARNING:
DON'T REUSE ANY PART OF THIS WORK FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSE!
Conversions are NOT ok for this mod. Click Download ONLY if you agree to leave it alone. Download and play and nothing more. If you want to use any graphical part of this mod for any project, please see THIS.

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If you don't care about the templates but want to help VSM to keep going, please consider a donation. (ps: don't buy the templates for help only, do a direct donation for less tax stuff).

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